WRITER IN RESIDENCE – KINGSTON FRONTENAC PUBLIC LIBRARY JANUARY 2014 – JUNE 2014

Applications are now being accepted for a Writer in Residence at Kingston Frontenac Public Library from January through June 2014. This is a six-month contract where the Writer in Residence spends 40 percent of his or her time on library projects and 60 percent on his or her own writing. The Writer in Residence will work with emerging writers in the community in workshops, one-to-one consultations, and other programs in Kingston and Frontenac County. For example, the selected applicant will conduct writing workshops with various groups from the community, including teens and existing writing circles, public readings, evaluation of manuscripts, online promotion of the program.

Kingston, with its unique heritage and personality, is the major population centre of eastern Ontario. Located on Lake Ontario, it is a two-hour drive from Ottawa and a two-and-a-half-hour drive from Toronto and Montreal. It is home to Queen's University, St. Lawrence College and the Royal Military College. Culture and the arts abound, along with great shopping, dining and outdoor recreational experiences.

Eligibility: • Canadian citizenship or permanent residency in Canada • A minimum of one professionally published title in any of the following genres: fiction, short stories, poetry, drama, children’s literature or literary non-fiction that lends itself to a public reading • Experience working with emerging writers of various ages on their manuscripts • Experience giving readings and workshops

The successful applicant must be working on or planning to work on a new project intended for book-length publication. Please note: this opportunity is not open to employees &/or volunteers of the Kingston Frontenac Public Library.

Application Process: Please submit a curriculum vitae or résumé with a publications list, three references, and a proposal of workshops or programs you might offer. Please include a sample of recent work (20-30 pp) and a description of a writing project to be worked on during the residency.

Contract Terms: Terms of employment are based on Canada Council guidelines. The remuneration for the six-month contract is $24,000 (based on 35 hours a week). The Writer in Residence will be responsible for his or her own accommodation and travel costs to Kingston. Office space will be provided at the Central branch of the Kingston Frontenac Public Library. The work may include some travel to other branches in Kingston and Frontenac County. This contract is subject to Canada Council funding. Grant outcome will be known in the summer 2013.

Now in its 38th year, the CAA Literary Awards program honours writing that achieves excellence without sacrificing popular appeal. Past winners have included Margaret Atwood, Timothy Findley, Leonard Cohen, Micheal Ondaatje, Carol Shields, Patrick DeWitt, Nino Ricci and countless other literary stars - some relatively unknown at the time they received the award.

The Grave Robber’s Apprentice, written by Allan Stratton, HarperCollins Publishers

Making Bombs For Hitler, written by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch, Scholastic Canada

Missing, written by Becky Citra, Orca Book Publishers

Neil Flambé and the Crusader’s Curse, written by Kevin Sylvester, Simon & Schuster

Non-Fiction

Explorers Who Made it ... or died trying, written by Frieda Wishinsky, illustrated by Bill Dickson, Scholastic Canada

No Shelter Here: Making the World a Kinder Place for Dogs, written by Rob Laidlaw, Pajama Press

Shannen and the Dream for a School, written by Janet Wilson, Second Story Press

To Hope and Back: The Journey of the St. Louis, written by Kathy Kacer, Second Story Press

Express

In The Bag! Margaret Knight Wraps It Up, written by Monica Kulling, illustrated by David Parkins, Tundra Books

I Owe You One, written by Natalie Hyde, Orca Book Publishers

Matatu, written by Eric Walters, illustrated by Eva Campbell, Orca Book Publishers

The Paper House, written by Lois Peterson, Orca Book Publishers

Who Needs a Swamp?,written and illustrated by Karen Patkau, Tundra Books

Red Maple™ Nominees (Grades 7 - 8)

Fiction

crush. candy. corpse.,written by Sylvia McNicoll, James Lorimer & Company

The Dragon Turn, written by Shane Peacock, Tundra Books

End of Days, written by Eric Walters, Doubleday Canada

First Descent, written by Pam Withers, Tundra Books

Testify, written by Valerie Sherrard, Dundurn Press

This Dark Endeavour, written by Kenneth Oppel, HarperCollins Publishers

The Tiffin, written by Mahtab Narsimhan, Dancing Cat Books

Non-Fiction

Last Airlift: A Vietnamese Orphan’s Rescue from War, written by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch, Pajama Press

Lizards in the Sky: Animals Where You Least Expect Them, written by Claire Eamer, Annick Press

The Lowdown On Denim, written by Tanya Lloyd Kyi, illustrated by Clayton Hanmer, Annick Press

Real Justice: Fourteen And Sentenced To Death- The Story of Steven Truscott, written by Bill Swan, James Lorimer & Company

The Secret Life of Money:A Kid’s Guide To Cash, written by Kira Vermond, illustrated by Clayton Hanmer, Owlkids Books Inc.

White Pine™ Nominees (Grades 9 - 12)

All Good Children, written by Catherine Austen, Orca Book Publishers

Karma, written by Cathy Ostlere, Puffin Canada

The Taming, written by Eric Walters and Teresa Toten, Doubleday Canada

Witchlanders, written by Lena Coakley, Atheneum Books

The OLA also offers two adult reading categories: Evergreen™ and Golden Oak™. The Golden Oak program provides new readers in adult literacy programs to read books chosen specifically for them. The nominees in this category are:

Behind Enemy Lines, written by Carol Matas, Scholastic Canada

Remembering The Titanic, written by Frieda Wishinsky, Scholastic Inc.

In The Bag! Margaret Knight Wraps It Up, written by Monica Kulling, illustrated by David Parkins, Tundra Books

Matatu, written by Eric Walters, illustrated by Eva Campbell, Orca Book Publishers

No Ordinary Day, written by Deborah Ellis, Groundwood Books

Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award

Sarah Ellis has been nominated for the The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA), the world's largest award for children's and young adult literature. Sarah was chosen as one of 207 candidates from 67 countries. This award is named for Astrid Lindgren, one of Sweden’s most important authors. The recipient or recipients of the 2013 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award will be announced on 26 March 2013 at 1 pm.

Jacqueline Guest awarded the prestigious Indspire Award for the Arts

Jacqueline Guest is the recipient of the prestigious Indspire Award for the Arts, which recognizes Indigenous professionals and youth who demonstrate outstanding career achievement. Created in 1993 in conjunction with the UN's International Decade of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, the Indspire Awards represent the highest honour the Indigenous community bestows upon its own achievers.

Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Picture Book Award

IBBY Canada announces the winner of the Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Picture Book Award:A Few Blocks by Cybèle Young, published by Groundwood Books.

2012 Vicky Metcalf Award for Children's Literature

Paul Yee is the winner of the 2012 Vicky Metcalf Award for Children's Literature. Yee has contributed uniquely and powerfully to our literary landscape over a writing career that spans almost 30 years. He was virtually the first children’s author to document the Chinese Canadian experience from its early days to the present.

2012 Matt Cohen Award

Jean Little is the winner of the 2012 Matt Cohen Award.Established by a group of anonymous donors, the Matt Cohen Award recognizes a lifetime of distinguished work by a Canadian writer, working in either poetry or prose in either French or English. Jean Little is recognized throughout North America for her candid and unsentimental portrayals of adolescent life.

As a celebration of its 35th anniversary, CANSCAIP announces its first ever Creator-in-Residence program. From January 15 to May 15, 2013, CANSCAIP will have not one, but two, Creators-in-Residence. Please join us in welcoming BC illustrator Dianna Bonder and Ontario author Kathy Stinson as our 2013 CANSCAIP Creators-in-Residence.

The purpose of this program is to encourage exchanges between our Creator-in-Residence and the CANSCAIP community across Canada, and to foster mentorship of new and emerging authors and illustrators who are both Members and Friends of CANSCAIP. As part of this program, Dianna Bonder and Kathy Stinson will each be conducting twelve Creator-in-Residence Blue Pencil Mentorships.

For information on how to apply to be mentored by Dianna or Kathy, please click here.

Congratulations to the following CANSCAIP members who are award winners and nominees:

Order of Canada

Writer Tim Wynne-Jones was invested as an Officer of the Order of Canada in a ceremony at Rideau Hall. Wynne-Jones has written more than 30 books for children, youth and adults. His many awards include the Governor General’s Award for Children’s Literature (twice), The Arthur Ellis Award (twice), The Boston Horn Book award (twice), The Edgar Award, and the Canadian Library Association Children’s Book of the Year Award (four times). Over the course of 35 years, Tim Wynne-Jones has travelled the length and breadth of Canada, conducting workshops and readings for children. He is a favoured keynote speaker at international conferences and festivals, including Packaging Your Imagination 2012. His books and critical writings have been translated into a dozen languages and published all over the world. A gifted and influential teacher, Tim Wynne-Jones has fostered the development of some of Canada’s most exciting new writers. Wynne-Jones has been invested as an Officer of the Order of Canada for his services to children’s literature in Canada.

Governor General’s Award for Children’s Literature

Children’s Literature–Text

Under the Moon,Deborah Kerbel,Dancing Cat Books

The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. LarsenSusin Nielsen,Tundra Books

The Grave Robber’s Apprentice,Allan Stratton,HarperCollins Publishers

Children’s Literature–Illustration

Big City Bees, illustrated by Renné Benoit, written by Maggie de Vries, Greystone Books

In the Bag! Margaret Knight Wraps it Up,illustrated by David Parkins, written by Monica Kulling, Tundra Books

Picture a Tree,Barbara Reid, North Winds Press

2012 Victoria Book Prize Nominees

Ten authors from the Victoria region have been shortlisted for the 2012 Victoria Book Prizes. The Bolen Books Children’s Book Prize nominees include The Whole Truth, written by Kit Pearson, HarperCollins. The winner will be announced on October 10.

CANSCAIP is pleased to invite applications from Canadian authors and/or illustrators for the new Creator-in-Residence position. The residency is designed to encourage exchanges between the creator and the CANSCAIP community across Canada, and to foster mentorship of new and emerging authors and illustrators. For more information on the position and how to submit, please click here.

Applications to be mentored by the Creator-in-Residence will begin in November 2012. Details to come.

Congratulations to the following CANSCAIP members who are award winners and nominees:

Finalists Announced for the 2012 Canadian Children’s Book Centre Awards

The Canadian Children’s Book Centre (CCBC) announced the finalists for its seven major children’s book awards in June. The winners will be announced at the TD Canadian Children`s Literature Awards in Toronto this fall.

TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award

The Dragon Turn,written by Shane Peacock, Tundra Books

No Ordinary Day,written by Deborah Ellis, Groundwood Books

Off to Class: Incredible and Unusual Schools Around the World,written by Susan Hughes, Owlkids

Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award

Picture a Tree, written and illustrated by Barbara Reid, Scholastic

Pussycat, Pussycat, Where Have You Been?, written by Dan Bar-el, illustrated by Rae Maté, Simply Read Books

Small Saul, written and illustrated by Ashley Spires, Kids Can Press

Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction

Off to Class: Incredible and Unusual Schools Around the World,written by Susan Hughes, Owlkids

Shot at Dawn: World War I(I Am Canada), written by John Wilson, Scholastic

This Dark Endeavour: The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein, written by Kenneth Oppel, HarperCollins

The Whole Truth, written by Kit Pearson, HarperCollins

John Spray Mystery Award

The Case of the Missing Deed(Teaspoon Detectives), written by Ellen Schwartz, Tundra

The Dragon Turn,written by Shane Peacock, Tundra Books

True Blue, written by Deborah Ellis, Pajama Press

Monica Hughes Award for Science Fiction and Fantasy

Hunted, written by Cheryl Rainfield, WestSide Books

Shortlist for the 2012 Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic

The Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic are presented annually to Canadian writers with a speculative fiction novel or book-length collection of speculative fiction published any time during the previous calendar year. The young adult shortlist includes the following title by a CANSCAIPer:

All Good Children, written by Catherine Austen, Orca Book Publishers

Awards for Five Thousand Years of Slavery

Five Thousand Years of Slavery, by Marjorie Gann and Janet Willen, (Tundra Books, 2011) has recently won two awards:

ForeWord Reviews Book of the Year, 2011 Silver Winner.

Young Adult Nonfiction and Nautilus 2012 Gold for Middle Grade and Teen Nonfiction.